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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
The most basic facts are, if this occurred in America, then there would have been individuals watching a live feed of a crime occurring and egging it on. That's the most basic fact. And I don't think stretching it out to accommodate shifting attitudes about different crimes is necessarily a bad thing. It makes you think.
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MM - there was no crime until he did it. Yes, people "egged" him on, but did they do so with malace? I would expect in an evironment as what I imagine this chat room would be like that the use of props and other site "gags" (for lack of a better term) would be, if not commonplace, not be atypical.
This guy went looking for an audience that would egg him on. Blaming that audience for existing and holding them criminally liable serves no purpose. As has already been said better than I'm capable of, you can't prosecute someone for being an asshole.